1/48 Fiat G.50 Freccia, Flying Machines

Lubos Pavel · Post by **Lubos Pavel** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:30 am

Here is my first 1/48 scale Italian plane the Flying Machines Fiat G.50 Freccia. It's almost done. I build this model almost straight from the box.
I hope you like it.

Have nice day from Czech Republic

Vincent Biondi · Post by **Vincent Biondi** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 11:56 am

Hello Lubus,
Very nice colour scheme!
Since most G50s were painted in the earlier 3 tone Camo, I am guessing that this plane was painted after 1942?
Vincent.

Lubos Pavel · Post by **Lubos Pavel** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:40 pm

Vincent Biondi wrote:Hello Lubus,
Very nice colour scheme!
Since most G50s were painted in the earlier 3 tone Camo, I am guessing that this plane was painted after 1942?
Vincent.

Hello Vincent, I've choosen this scheme from the instruction sheet of the kit. This is the machine MM.6385 of 151a Squadrilia, 20o Gruppo Autonomo. This machine was photographed by Allies at Derma in Libya in 1941.

Vincent Biondi · Post by **Vincent Biondi** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:23 pm

Hi Lubos,
Thanks for the info.
Great job on your model!
Vincent.

Lubos Pavel · Post by **Lubos Pavel** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 1:32 pm

Vincent Biondi wrote:Hi Lubos,
Thanks for the info.
Great job on your model!
Vincent.

Thx Vincent. I hope this isn't the last italian plane. I would like to buy Special Hobby G.55 and make it in experimental fragment camouflage. And than propably MC.202 with smoking rings. I like the italian camo.

Brendan · Post by **Brendan** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:02 pm

Great looking model! Looking forward to seeing it finished!

Best wishes,
Brendan

Arditi1961 · Post by **Arditi1961** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 7:00 pm

This is wonderful work! What paints did you use ? Keep up the great work!

Lubos Pavel · Post by **Lubos Pavel** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:49 pm

Arditi1961 wrote:This is wonderful work! What paints did you use ? Keep up the great work!

Thx Arditi1961. I used Gunze colour. Cause I didn't know anything about italian camoflage colour I ask my very good friend Mirek Riha who is one of the biggest expert of RA in The Czech Republic. He said me how to mixed them.

Grigio Azzuro Chiaro 1 H324 (or C324)
Nocciola Chiaro 4 H310 + H079 (rate 2,5-3:1)
Verde Oliva Scuro 2 C038 + C018 (rate 2:1)

I did how Mirek said and the result you can see on the photos above.

Post by **Editor** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:47 am

This is beautiful ! Very nice work.

Elias · Post by **Elias** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:55 pm

Very nice!Looking forward to see it finished!

D520 · Post by **D520** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:49 am

You have done a good paint job on that Fiat but..... you should have read the correction to the model as I did in my article here on Stormo. Just compare the picture of the real plane and the model . You will see that the engine cover sits too far back, shortening the length and hidding the louvres on the side. Otherwise it is a very nice approach, salute.

Lubos Pavel · Post by **Lubos Pavel** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 8:10 am

D520 wrote:You have done a good paint job on that Fiat but..... you should have read the correction to the model as I did in my article here on Stormo. Just compare the picture of the real plane and the model . You will see that the engine cover sits too far back, shortening the length and hidding the louvres on the side. Otherwise it is a very nice approach, salute.

Too late. I make the corection Inext time if I decide to build this kit once more. Thx for your info and reaction on my kit

D520 · Post by **D520** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 1:58 pm

Lubos Pavel wrote:
D520 wrote:You have done a good paint job on that Fiat but..... you should have read the correction to the model as I did in my article here on Stormo. Just compare the picture of the real plane and the model . You will see that the engine cover sits too far back, shortening the length and hidding the louvres on the side. Otherwise it is a very nice approach, salute.
Too late. I make the corection Inext time if I decide to build this kit once more. Thx for your info and reaction on my kit

So now Lubos, what are you going to do with the weathering on this plane as the desert conditions were playing hard on the colors and on the metal! Any ideas? cheers, jean.

Lubos Pavel · Post by **Lubos Pavel** » Thu Apr 10, 2008 3:26 pm

D520 wrote:
Lubos Pavel wrote:
D520 wrote:You have done a good paint job on that Fiat but..... you should have read the correction to the model as I did in my article here on Stormo. Just compare the picture of the real plane and the model . You will see that the engine cover sits too far back, shortening the length and hidding the louvres on the side. Otherwise it is a very nice approach, salute.
Too late. I make the corection Inext time if I decide to build this kit once more. Thx for your info and reaction on my kit
So now Lubos, what are you going to do with the weathering on this plane as the desert conditions were playing hard on the colors and on the metal! Any ideas? cheers, jean.

I will make wheathering with using oil colours and pigment both by MIG Production. I'am not decided yet but maybe I try some filter.
The result is uncertain.

Post by **Editor** » Fri Apr 11, 2008 11:16 am

I've had some people ask about Jean's G.50 article, its still not posted in the Gallery, please use the following link:

http://stormomagazine.com/phpbb2/viewto ... =1036#1036

1/48 Fiat G.50 Freccia, Flying Machines

1/48 Fiat G.50 Freccia, Flying Machines

Weathering

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